It was believed that every Grecian should strive for a perfect life; a life dictated by the gods. ... A pinnacle of art, barely visible in its original position, the Parthenon Frieze stood 1 meter tall and would have encircled almost the whole building's upper walls, making its total length 160 metres. ... The Doric style provided the perfect look, and can be used as a perfect example of the ideals of order and harmony from which Greek architecture is known. ... The Propylaea is sometimes considered the most perfect of all the surviving specimens of Athenian art. ... Ancient Greek archit...

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Raphael's Philosophy, or better known as School of Athens, 1509-1511 was one of the many great paintings that re-established the harmony of classical antiquity from the Greek and Roman predecessors of art during the glorious Renaissance era. ... Implied lines in the lower half of the painting set the suggested geometric shape of a rectangle that houses the group of men standing on top and below the stairs of the building in an almost perfect quadrant. ... The men are shown with perfect human proportions, which Renaissance artists believed reflected divine order (Getlein 137). ...

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American culture has not only helped create the anorexic young woman whose eating disorders are tied to a low sense of self-esteem--approximately 90 percent of sufferers are female; various polls have revealed that young women see themselves as "too fat" while in fact they are often below standard norms for body size[40]--but fashion has served up the newest ideal of "heroin chic": a fashion industry "look" that overlaps with "high art." ... Is it coincidence, one might ask, that the images of fashion and advertising bear a striking resemblance to the men who populate the "high art" of Mapplet...

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